Qaffin

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Qaffin
Arabic قفّين
Government Municipality
Also Spelled Qaffein (officially)
Governorate Tulkarm
Population 8,750 (2006)
Jurisdiction  dunams
Head of Municipality Tayseer Harsha

Qaffin (Arabic: قفّين‎) is a Palestinian town located 22 kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. The town is an agricultural town. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its population consisted over 8,750 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. The built-up area of the town, 1,000 dunams.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Israeli Settlers set fire into 200 dunums of Qaffin Village Lands The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2007-06-17.